And so I thought it will be the same when transcribing for other people. Well,
I was wrong. Hey everyone I'm Chris and welcome back to another video so I have
a lot of time on my hands because of level four lockdown and also currently I
am in isolation. I'm not able to work because I just got tested. I'm pretty
sure I'm negative but it's just a safety thing at work so I'll just be... it's a
whole different story actually so I'm gonna talk about it in a different video
but for now I tried audio transcription. If you don't have any idea audio
transcription is when you listen to an audio and then you type what you hear or
sometimes there will be an auto transcription and you just edit for
mistakes so I've always wondered what it was like to become a digital nomad and
this is something that.. actually they do to earn money it's also good for people
wanting to work from home or for stay-at-home parents who want to do
something on the side to earn money. There are actually multiple websites out
there that offer audio transcription as a job so the very first thing I did was
I googled top paying transcription websites and this website vitaldollar.com
gave me a list. Another useful website is reddit.com and from there you
can read people's reviews; people who actually tried audio transcription and
you can learn more about a company, how they pay their employees and how they
treat their employees so the very first website that I wanted to check out is
called 1888typeitup.com and it seems like out of the other websites this is
one of the highest paying ones at $30 to $180 per audio hour however they charge
a non-refundable fee for the application test which is 60 to 200 dollars
depending on how fast you want them to process your application and this is
something that I'm not sure I'm gonna do long term I just wanted to try it
because like I said I have a lot of time on my hands and I'm also curious. But I
just wanted to mention it in this video because like I said they pay the best
the second website I visited is called scribie.com
and the good thing about this website is their quick response so it
only took four hours from my initial application up to taking the test. This
website pays 5 to 25 dollars per audio hour and they also offer
bonuses and you can check all that information in their website which I'm
going to link down below. Now I actually do audio transcription for myself for
this YouTube channel and it's actually quite easy so the whole setup in youtube
is that there's an auto transcription depending on how clear you talk there
won't be a lot of mistakes so for me it's very easy to edit for myself
because first of all it's my video I already know what I'm saying and it
takes me a very short amount of time. Like for example if my video is ten
minutes long it may take me five minutes or less to transcribe for myself and so I
thought it will be the same when transcribing for other people well I was
wrong. For this website scribie.com they have a lot of rules that you need
to adhere to and I think it will be the same for other transcription websites
they have a certain way of typing numbers, typing laughter, how to type it
when a person trails off and don't finish their sentence, stuff like
that and these rules are strict you can't really ignore them
so it was definitely a learning curve for me I think I read the rules maybe
three times before I went and took the test so for the test they gave me this six
minute audio file and I'm pretty sure it's part of a podcast wherein three
chefs we're talking to each other about culinary stuff and I think the most
difficult part for me was this certain rule that says you shouldn't include
fillers because the first time you hear an audio file it's not really
apparent that certain words are used as fillers and it's when I went through it
a second time and it was obvious to me and so I had to delete all the fillers
that I included in the file. Another difficult thing for me was when the
three speakers talk over each other and sometimes they were laughing really loud
and so the words weren't clear to me at all in this instance you
can actually leave it blank but for me I played it again and again and so it took
me a while to finish this audio. Also for this particular audio I had to research
terms like transglutaminase I mean who uses that in normal conversation right?
And also I had to Google the Marriott Marquis Hotel in California just to make
sure that I got the spelling right and I guess this is something that's normal
for a transcriptionist you really have to Google certain spelling. In the end
because I am who I am I went through the file three times and the six minute
audio took me two hours to finish and with audio transcription you get paid
for the audio hour and not by the amount of time it took you to transcribe.
My takeaway from this whole experience is that maybe audio transcription isn't
for me because it took me such a long time to finish my test. I'm sure the
more you do it the faster you become at it but for me I just didn't enjoy it
that much even with my own YouTube channel I don't transcribe as much as I
should even though it takes me maybe five minutes for my own videos. Another
thing is the pay I don't think two dollars for a six-minute file is worth
it for my time because working as a theater nurse here in New Zealand it
actually pays really well so there's a huge pay gap being a theater nurse
compared to an audio transcriptionist the other question is would I do it
again so the answer would be yes and no. No for the reasons that I just said and
maybe yes if I can choose the file. If it's a file that's a lecture for example
because lectures are usually clear and concise and there won't be multiple
speakers talking over each others so that will be a really easy audio to
transcribe with that being said I still think audio transcription is a
really good idea especially for people who are digital nomads, people who
want to work from home, for stay-at-home parents want to earn extra income
because for some people this is actually a full-time job because they're good at
it, they're quick at it so it's worth their time. I kind of wish I knew about
this when I was still living in the Philippines because working as a nurse
in the Philippines doesn't pay much so this will be a really good side hustle
for someone living in a third-world country. So that's all I have for you
guys today thank you guys so much for watching the video and again for spending
your time with me please leave a like for Coco leave me a comment and
subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and I'll see you guys next time. Bye.
Coco say goodbye. You can't wait on their affirmation you can't wait when they
improve you can't wait for their support sometimes you've just got to run and
look what I do and say everybody who wants to run run but I can't stop
running because your mother always listened listen to me hear me you can't
stop chasing your dreams